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On Saturday, October 21, Professor Cyra Akila Choudhury moderated a panel that she organized for the American Branch of the International Law Association’s International Law Weekend held at the Fordham University School of Law in New York. The panel brought together leading experts in transnational and international law and gender to explore the current deliberations of The Hague Conference on Private International Law to draft a surrogacy convention. Given the rapid advance of medical science and the changing nature of the family, panelists discussed the increase in transnational surrogacy contracting and the parentage issues and conflicts of law have arisen. They also discussed the human rights and gender inequality implications of surrogacy and adoption.

Professor Choudhury notes that FIU law was also represented by a number of students at the meeting, once again, demonstrating the school’s engagement with and commitment to international and comparative law teaching and scholarship.